(Updated 10 a.m.)Rhode Island’s child population is decreasing, as well as its student enrollment, and while the state has the highest rate of children with at least one unemployed parent, it ranks best in the country for fully immunized children.
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The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of TD Bank, has awarded a $12,602 grant to the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities to support Rhode Island Center for the Book’s Kids Reading Across Rhode Island.
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The Rhode Island Foundation is offering a $50,000 challenge grant to encourage private support for the state to move toward leaner government operations, and one company has already met the challenge.
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